“Rampant inflation due to printing money to fund the debt”
That has not happened.
In the ten years after the Iraq war, consumer prices increased 26%.
In the ten years prior to the Iraq war, consumer prices increased 28%.
Science is so wonderful, you can get such wholesome returns of conjecture with such a limited investment of fact. (paraphrased from Mark Twain)
1. What is the inflation rate historically?
2. Might there have been other inflationary pressure during those previous 10 years which was removed?
You can’t just go making conclusions on two pieces of data. It isn’t much better than the poster you are responding to who only had one piece.